MARY SHELLEY · 1797 to 1851
Frankenstein
or, The Modern Prometheus
A journey through the novel’s shifting landscapes, from Geneva to the ice at the edge of the known world.
Named place Approximate region
A journey through the novel’s shifting landscapes, from Geneva to the ice at the edge of the known world.
This atlas follows the narrative sequence of Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. The novel gives some places precisely and leaves others unnamed. Solid marks indicate named, mappable places; rings mark broad or uncertain locations. Route lines are omitted where the text does not support a reliable path.
The dates in Walton’s letters omit their years. Shelley also leaves most of Victor’s chronology unstated, so the timeline preserves narrative sequence and relative timing rather than assigning invented calendar years.
For a modern-language companion reading, visit Frankenstein on VoxRead ↗. This atlas follows Shelley’s original text.
Mary Shelley, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1831 text), Letters I–IV and Chapters I–XXIV.
Geographic anchors follow named places in the text and historical place locations. Unnamed sites (including the De Lacey cottage, the Irish town, and Walton’s icebound position) are mapped only to broad regions.
Quotes are brief excerpts. Chapter references follow the 1831 edition; the 1818 edition uses a different chapter division.